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Preface
e dynamics of the software market lead to a variety of methods for the estima-
tion of product size or development eort in the background of cost estimation.
e general relationship between dierent indicators of quality, quantity, eort,
and productivity is dened as quantity = (productivity × eort)/quality, and could
be used in dierent permutations. Dierent kinds of eort estimation use the
functional sizing approach. Some of the project estimation methods are based
on the constructive cost model (COCOMO), function point, and software life
cycle management (SLIM) approaches. Project est ...